Tag: boom
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December 13, 2007 10:05 PM EST --
There were many, many events and movements that changed the world in the 60s. It was a time of upheaval, confrontation, meditation, and a quest for change whose voice would not be quieted. There was no . . . more
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December 10, 2007 04:52 PM EST --
I was sitting at a desk in my 4th grade classroom on the day the school principal came to the door and whispered to my teacher, Mrs. Barker, that JFK had been shot. I remember her hands flying to . . . more
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March 26, 2008 09:18 PM EDT --
Tonight I was sitting in the kitchen when I heard this enourmous BOOM. I jumped up because it was so loud it shook the whole house. I called my friend and asked, "Did you hear that?" . . . more
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December 12, 2007 12:46 PM EST --
You had to be there. Things were different in the '60s, when Washington served as a fulcrum for the forces that swirled around the divisive war in Vietnam.
It was a time when you . . . more
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December 13, 2007 04:08 PM EST --
Just three things?
As a child growing up in a northern Illinois, I can so vividly remember when it first came to my attention that there were people in the United States who were treated differently . . . more
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August 27, 2006 10:12 PM EDT --
August 27, 1883 After 3 massive explosions spanning 16 hours, the volcanic island of Krakatoa suffers a final, inconceivably destructive blast. The resulting noise is reported to have been . . . more
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November 30, 2007 02:28 PM EST --
Before the twentieth century, most of history’s movers and shakers had been young (and almost exclusively young men) because the average life span was so short. In colonial America, if a man . . . more
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August 26, 2007 01:34 PM EDT --
SONIC BOOM SONNET
we didn't know what made it, but knew it hit us
we'd yelp, then race from our desks to the window
peering into the sky, we didn't even see a crow
yet the . . . more
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December 18, 2007 10:00 PM EST --
Years ago I belonged to a service sorority (Beta Sigma Phi), which is related to but not to be confused with the kind of sorority you join in college. This was more like a group of women who got together . . . more
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December 17, 2007 05:35 PM EST --
Today'sTopic: Whether movies (Easy Rider, Dr. Strangelove), music (Woodstock,Altamont), or fashion (bikinis, mini skirts), what are your thoughts onor memories of Sixties pop culture?
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August 18, 2008 12:04 PM EDT --
A few weeks ago, three weeks ago tomorrow, if you want to get technical, I was innocently reading on my front porch in my wonderful wicker rocking chair. I had my Mom's baby monitor (locally known . . . more
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August 13, 2007 11:07 PM EDT --
Like any other happily married couple, Kevin and I spend very little time together. Usually I head off to a jam session or dive into a good book, while Kevin takes off on his sailboat or rebuilds . . . more
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December 05, 2007 12:10 AM EST --
The following is the first of a series from Colonel Possum’s Tall Tales from the Sixties now reposted to Tom Brokaw’s new group Boom!
Preface to a Multi-Part Series, "Weekend . . . more
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December 11, 2007 03:13 PM EST --
i was reading jennifer hodge's article today, about remembering 60's music, for the BOOM! group.
even though i was born on the tail end of the 1960s (1969), my parents made sure that . . . more
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March 23, 2008 05:50 PM EDT --
My dear friend, Ian Thorpe , ironically reduced to human status in my eyes for his failure to believe that Barack Obama is a courageous trailblazer who walks on water, recently published . . . more
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December 10, 2007 05:43 AM EST --
No history of the 1960s is complete without examining Rosa Parks and her incredible role in the birth of the civil rights movement.
(This is the beginning of a series on The Sixties . . . more
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December 16, 2007 06:58 PM EST --
I cordially invite you to the virtual 40th reunion of the class of 1968. Rarely has a reunion so vividly captured the essence of the '60s and '70s in America. It was a time when people demanded . . . more
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December 10, 2007 03:19 PM EST --
" Today, every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may no longer be habitable. Every man, woman . . . more
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December 11, 2007 01:49 PM EST --
Wow, I grew up in the 60's. My first real music experience besides listening to Perry Como, Pat Boone, The Mills and/or Ames Brothers (mom and dad's favorites) was the Beatles. I will . . . more
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March 25, 2008 08:11 PM EDT --
Who's afraid of a recession? What are the significant fears behind a recession? That people will loose their jobs? People have lost their jobs? People will loose their houses? . . . more
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